Investment Associate, Infrastructure Secondaries & Co-Investments - Global Infrastructure Partners

About this role Description BlackRock is seeking a qualified candidate to join the firm as an Associate-level investment professional in the Global Infrastructure Solutions business (we will also consider Analyst-level candidates). The candidate will support the underwriting, execution, and ongoing management of infrastructure multi-manager investments with a focus on co-investments and secondaries in North America. The role is based in New York with occasional domestic and international travel. Background BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from fundamental and systematic active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets.  Global Infrastructure Solutions (“GIS”) is a division within Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), a part of BlackRock. GIP is a leading infrastructure investor that specializes in investing in, owning, and operating some of the largest and most complex assets across the energy, transport, digital, water, and waste management sectors. GIP & BlackRock manage a combined $180 billion in assets under management across commingled funds and separate account solutions focused on infrastructure investments.    Global Infrastructure Solutions is the firm’s infrastructure private equity multi-manager solutions group with offices in New York City, London, Zurich, Budapest and Hong Kong. GIS is a fast-growing, entrepreneurial business that builds and implements outcome-oriented infrastructure private equity portfolios for institutional investors globally through investments into secondaries, co-investments, and primary funds. The team employs a diversified approach, investing across sectors – including transportation & logistics, energy & power, digital, environmental, and social – as well as across geographies. With a track record of over 250 investments executed since 2008, GIS has one of the most experienced infrastructure multi-manager teams in the industry.

Deal Underwriting & Execution: Supporting the evaluation and execution of transactions, including: conducting market research; developing complex financial models and analyses; coordinating commercial, legal, and tax workstreams; collaborating with deal team members and cross-functional resources; creating investment memos; and, presenting investment recommendations to investment committees and clients Portfolio Monitoring & Management: Monitoring and managing investments; covering GP relationships; preparing materials in support of performance review meetings Skills & Qualifications Relevant Experience : 2+ years of infrastructure and/or private equity investment experience in principal investment, secondaries, co-investment, and/or investment banking roles (we will consider candidates with 1 year of experience for Analyst-level) Education: Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record Tools: Expert in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Familiarity of AI tools Investment Capabilities : Proven quantitative capabilities and experience with building and analyzing financial models. Strong understanding of private equity, leveraged finance, project finance, and secondaries Infrastructure Expertise: Knowledge of and exposure to infrastructure subsectors. Familiarity with the infrastructure private equity manager universe and transactions Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as solid interpersonal skills Language: Fluency in English with professional competency in other language(s) desirable 
For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$135,000.00 - USD$180,000.00 . Additionally,